Hinksey Hill

Hinksey Hillis a hill and residential area 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the centre ofOxford.It is inSouth Hinkseycivil parish,about 0.5 miles (800 m) south of the village. Hinksey Hill was part ofBerkshireuntil the1974 boundary changestransferred ittoOxfordshire.

Hinksey Hill
Hinksey Hill Location withinOxfordshire
OS grid reference	SP5004
Civil parish	South Hinksey
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Oxford
Postcode district	OX1
Dialling code	01865
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Oxford West and Abingdon
Website	This is South Hinksey, Oxfordshire England

At the foot of the hill is Hinksey Hill Interchange where theAbingdon By-Passjoins theSouthern By-Pass Road.The road up the hill was the route of the A34 until the 1970s, when the Abingdon Bypass was completed. It is now an unclassified road.

At the summit of Hinksey Hill is the Old Berkeley Golf Course which was the former private golf course of Lord Berkeley of Berkeley Castle on Boars Hill. The land is now preserved as a nature reserve and it a great spot for dog walking and observing the great views of the city of Oxford painted many times by the artistWilliam Turner of Oxford.HisOxford from Hinksey Hillsold for £18,900 atChristie'sin 2022.

Much of the land on Hinksey Hill was owned by theEarls of Abingdonuntil it was sold by the 7th Earl in Acre sized plots throughout the 1910s.

Home to the Priors a local philanthropic family.

View of Oxford from Hinksey Hill by William Turner circa 1840

See also

• Hinksey

External links

• Oxford from Hinksey HillbyWilliam Turner(1789–1862).